Seven advance in first round of 13th Annual Sea Gull Open
SALISBURY, Md. - Though it is not an official
NCAA event, the Salisbury University men’s tennis team was
able to get the 2010 season underway Friday evening at the SU
Tennis Barn, opening up the 13th Annual Sea Gull Open.
The three-day event, got underway with men’s singles action
Friday night with 10 Sea Gulls hitting the courts. Seven Salisbury
players advanced through Friday’s first round, and all of
them did so in straight sets. None were more impressive than the
6-0, 6-0 victory by senior Scott Burtzlaff
(Clarksville, Md.).
Junior David Lupinetti
(Walkersville, Md.) had one of the tougher battles of
the day earning an opening round win, 6-2, 7-5. Giorgio Athans (Woolwich
Township, N.J.) advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 victory,
junior Andrew Nottage
(Huntingtown, Md.) moved on with a 6-2, 6-1 win,
senior Marcus Robinson
(Cambridge, Md.) claimed a 6-1, 6-0 match, sophomore
Kyle
Schneck (Annapolis, Md.) moved on with a 7-5, 6-0 win
and freshman Henry
Stuhler (Bay Head, N.J.) took down teammate sophomore
Justin
Smith (New Windsor, Md.), 6-1, 6-3.
Assistant Salisbury coach Steve
Soliday earned a 6-0, 6-0 win on Friday as well, while
sophomore Arthur Jackson
(Ridgely, Md.), and junior Matt Copeland (Lexington
Park, Md.) each fell in first round action.
The top seed in the tournament is former Salisbury player and
current assistant coach Brendan
Kincaid. He will be in action today following a
first-round bye, as will sophomore Daniel Barnas (La
Plata, Md.) and senior Evan Thomas (Salisbury,
Md.) the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds, respectively.
The tournament will continue Saturday with the men’s second
round and quarterfinal action, as well as doubles and women’s
play.
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